2nd Sweat or 3rd Chase

This offensive line, when healthy, is a pretty damn good offensive line. The problem is they haven't been healthy. Can't really fault anyone for that.

Oh...and I think this may give some insight into how the Bears potentially feel about Fields. This will no doubt improve this team, potentially making their pick worse.

 Not just that, but you aren't likely to get an Edge like Sweat in FA. He's either getting re signed or traded, never going to hit the open market, forget bidding war in FA, never getting there. 

Young is going to hit the open market b/c of issues w/health and issues w/coachability. 

GM's F up, young GM's f up more as they are learning. Biggest thing is, do they learn from their F ups or keep making them, Poles seems to learn.

After reading around the web I still like the trade but its based on my presupposition that we overrate the potential of a draft pick versus the actual production of a proven player. In my mind there is a line where underneath the line the potential of the draft pick is worth more than the production of the player. Above that line, the production from an established player is worth more than the potential of the pick. Where exactly that line is located is what makes this difficult to apply across the board.

I'm not a draft guy, there are many concepts that have developed around the draft since the rise of the draftniks that i think are worthless (this isn't the place where I'm going into them.) So, most likely than not, I admit that I undervalue draft picks v actual production. This is my blind spot. I look at the history of edge rushers or DE taken high in the second and don't see a lot of steady production from guys in the past few years. THERE ARE PLENTY OF GOOD PLAYERS ACROSS THE POSTIONS THAT CAN BE TAKEN HIGH IN THE SECOND, I'M NOT SAYING THERE AREN'T. But bringing in Sweat before he hits FA and the bidding war for his services makes sense to me from a team building aspect.

A second point someone made was that now Poles doesn't have to use a first on an Edge or DE. Or he can trade down and address several positions without needing to draft an Edge or DE immediately.

As far as the other side, the only argument i like against the move is that that 2nd rounder would come with a much much much smaller contract than Sweat is going to get. But with Poles bankroll it shouldn't stop him from addressing any positions he wants in FA (C or G or WR or waterboy....)